February

Daddy participated in the Polar Plunge in February. He raised more money than last year, but he was also the only person on his team. He's hoping he can get more people next year. It has been freezing cold and wet for the weeks before the plunge so it was nice on the actual morning that it wasn't below freezing and there was some sun. It was still incredibly cold, but it could have been much worse.


Mira got hit with something and she spent a few days randomly falling asleep. She was super cranky too. Her weird breathing kept her awake at night. It was awful. She still has a cough, but she doesn't seem to be gasping for breath anymore.


Adia's been loving school, but I don't think she's really being challenged in math. Her teacher has been giving her "challenge sheets" for homework, but they're still pretty lame. She flies through them in 5 minutes along with the rest of her homework. She now has a math binder where I give her 2 digit addition. She loves it. DiDi also brought over a 1st grade math workbook. I'm already seeing her get annoyed with the cut and paste stuff she has to do. I feel bad because I know exactly how she feels. She's still mostly challenged in reading, but she's still at the top of her reading group (which is also the top reading group). She loves to read and gets better everyday. She's much more willing to attempt sounding out words or try spelling them. We are working on her penmanship though. That's her challenge area. Her eye-hand coordination and fine motor skills aren't terrific, but that's also vision related.

January

We've been running around like crazies lately an when I finally get computer time, I've been working on the yearbook for Adia's school. So now I need to recap January, February and March. Eeks!

Just after Christmas, Adia went to the eye doctor and picked out new glasses. Her prescription hasn't really changed, but her old frames were terrible. The lenses kept popping out and the nose pads were constantly breaking off. She picked out some fabulous pink horned rimmed frames. I was surprised she went for pink, but they absolutely, 100% fit her. I absolutely love them on her and she genuinely enjoys wearing them. It's no longer a fight to get her to wear them. And she looks so much older in them! We did learn that Adia has little to no depth perception visually. She navigates the world using other ways to distinguish depth. I found that really interesting. Her doctor said she may be developing it slower because of her lazy eye or she may never develop it. It's no really a concern because we have many other ways of figuring out depth.


The twins also had their first real eye doctor appointments. I was worried with how they'd react, but they were both awesome. Mira went first and Leia went the next week. Their eyes are perfect. They're seeing how they're supposed to see and there's no concerns at this time. It was such a relief after everything we've gone through with Adia. If you need an eye doctor for your kids, Lifetime Eye Care is awesome. Their new eye doctor was great with the girls. You could easily tell that he has a daughter their age. He knew just how to talk to them to make them at ease and willing to answer his questions.


Adia's been wanting to help do chores around the house so she offered to do the dishes. We won't talk about how I rewashed them after she went to bed... Now if only she'd pick up her toys and dirty clothes.


And I just love this picture.

Happy 6th Birthday!

Happy 6th Birthday Miss Adia! You've come a long way baby!